Tie-plate and rail-brace.



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TIE PLATE AND RAIL BRAOE. APPLIOATIOIN run) my 6,1910.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

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TIE-PLATE AND RAILBRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application filed May 6, 1910. Serial No. 559,696.

l, which plate has the parallel ends 13 and To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL G. BANKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Kisco, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie- Plates and Rail-Braces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail fastenings, and has for one of its objects to provide a plate disposed between the base of the rail and the tie, and provided with means to prevent the lateral displacement of the rail.

Another object is to provide a device of this class having means integral therewith, for engaging one edge of the base of the rail, at the outer side of the track, together with means for engaging in the surface of the tie.

A still further object is to provide a plate disposed between the rail and the tie, having means for. engaging the base of the rail on its outer side and means for engaging in the be more fully hereinafter described and means for engaging the tie at the other side of the rail.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims, but it will be understood that changes in the specific structure may be made within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In' the drawings, Figure 1, is a vertical cross-section through a rail and tie showing my device applied, Fig. 2, is a side elevation of a rail, showing the device applied, Fig. 3, is a top plan view, Fig. 4:, is a top plan view of one form of tie plates, Fig. 5, is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4, Fig. 6, is a top plan View of a modification of the plate, and, Fig. 7 is a view of a blank, showing the method of cutting the plates therefrom, to best economize material. Fig. 8,

j is a longitudinal section through the plate before the tongues have been bent therefrom, Fig. 9, is a cross-section of a rail and fish plates, showing the use of the device therewith.

Referring to the drawings, 10 represents a tie of any suitable form or material, and 11 a rail having a base 12. The base 12 is adapted to rest on a plate 13, as seen in Fig.

1 1, the end 14 of which is somewhat shorter than the other end, and connected by the converging sides 15. Formed in the smaller end of the plate is an opening 16 for the spikes, and at the larger end and adjacent the corners thereof, are also spike holes 16. The plate 13 is so placed on the tie, that the larger end 13 is disposed on the outside of the rail, and spikes driven through the holes 16, while the other end accommodates only one spike. The object of using two spikes on the outside of the rail, is to form a secure brace, to prevent the rail spreading. Spreading rails are not generally due to loosenin of the inner spike, but to the shearing o of the head or complete displacement of the outer spike. For this reason, I have seen fit to use two spikes at the outer side of the rail.

At the larger end of the plate 13, it is cut on the parallel lines 17 and transversely out A at 18 to form the two an ular tongues 19 and 19, the outer one 19, fieing bent up on the line 20 and having its free end engage with the outer edge 12' of the base of the rail, and the other one, bent downwardly and forced into the surface of the tie, thus the face 21 of the tongue 19' will abut against the cut formed thereby and prevent lateral movement of the plate. As best seen in the sectional view of Fig. 8, the plate is out on an angular line 18 so that when the tongues 19 and 19 are respectively bent up and down, the faces 21 of the tongues, will be vertical, and provide the sharpened edge 22 of the lower tongue, to better insure forcing said tongue into the tie. As above described the tongue 19 engages the base of the rail, but as shown in Fig. 9, said tongue will bear against the edge of the fish plate 23.

The smaller end 14 of the plate is formed with a depending transverse biting lip 24, adapted to be driven into the surface of the tie, and forms a secondary gripping member. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the opening 16 is made use of and the spike comes between the lip 24: and the inner edge of the base of the rail. In the form shown in Fig. 9, the biting lip 24 has the flattened face 25, and the adjacent biting edges 26, which lip is driven into the tie as in the other form, but has the advantage that the sharpened edges would bite into the face of the tie, should the plate 13 become loosened and tend to slide along the tie. Also the biting edge 22 of the tongue 19 would bite into the tie and prevent any lateral movement, thus insuring a double grip to the surface of the tie. The opening 16 cannot be used in this form, as the fish-plate would extend beyond the base of the rail, and the fishlate on the outer side of the rail, engaging he lip 19 makes it necessary to move the plate 13 outwardly to accommodate the portion 23 of said fishp ate, thus bring thepen hg 6 under e inne edge of the base of the'raiL, The sp ke the uteride the rail o l e ed: as. the other 0r but the spikes a he inner side of the rai ould be ri en;

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What is claimed- 1s:

1:. A rail fastening comprising a. plate 1 adapted to be interposed between a rail and a ti e, said plate being of approximately trapezoidal form, the smaller end of said plate being formed with a cutting lip for engagement with the tie, said cutting lip being provided with parallel rectangular cutting edges, and the larger end of said plate being i cut therethrou-g-h, said cuts being in the form of an H, and providing an upwardly bent tongue to engage the edge of the rail, and a downwar ly. bent tongue provided with a cutting edge, adapted to. baa m the uppen i he tie.

fastening c mpris ng a plate;

- a ap d o. be nterpose etween: a and; t a d p ate being of approx mately t apszoidal form, the smaller end oiif said plate I being termed; w th a. cutting lip; for ngagement with the tie, said cutting lip; being pro,-

vided: i h para el rectang lar c tting edge nd; the a ger d; of said plate being o t hene 'hroughfia di c being t e f rm ;of an H, and providing an upwardly bent 1 tongue to engage the edge of th6-rai1-.,, and a downward-ly bent tongue proaided with downwardly, the aces f; their free ends cutting edge adapted to; bite into: the face oi the tie, the cross line of. out of; theHa being;-

made thtough the plate obliquely to. the

plane of the plate, so that when one of said I a tonguesisbent upwar y and: the other bent W l lie in; he sam vertical plane.

. n; test mony whereot' fiiX my g atuxe,

;in the presence of two, witnesses vI ReH-J' e. BANKS.

Witnesses GEO. SYJHER, W. B. FISHER. 

